To ask you for the things your parents taught you/ did that you just do without thinking??

[Christmastits]

So tonight is like a zoo on the ward im in, people in and out all night. I'm trying to sleep but I can't. My mum came up today to visit me and we were talking about her new dishwasher and I was thinking about that and how when I was a kid the finish powerball things came out and when I 7 I got to put the tablet in the dishwasher

I remember my dad making this massive deal about how you shouldn't touch the tablet- especially the red ball and really drilled it home. So I used to open the tablet and then squeeze it into the tray in the packet never touching the tablet. I still do that today! It was probably because my dad thought I might eat it but I still do the weird dishwasher stuff.

I once heard of a woman who chopped her bacon in half- binned one half and cooked the rest. Her DH asked why bacon was so small and she said that her mum taught her to do it that way, so they asked the Mum and she said that her Mum had taught her that way- they asked the Granny why she chopped the bacon in half and she said that her pan was too small to cook a whole piece of bacon!! 😂 hilarious!

Also my mum took meat out of the freezer and put it on the microwave (because it's out of the way) so I did the same but DH will pick it up and put it on the cooker as that's what his mum does as her microwave is integrated... really annoys me! Although I've started putting it in the fridge because good hygiene..

So please help me get through tonight with your funny things your parents did that you just copied until you thought about it!

@halfwitpicker - say what now? You are meant to put the bowl away?

but my cupboard under the sink is already full of crap

I absolutely love this thread!
Here are my titbits:

-Always peel and de-stalk mushrooms
-Shake milk
-Leave a dreg of tea/coffee in the cup
-Peel potatoes in a sink of cold water
-Chop veg straight into pan
-Tissue kept up sleeves
-Unplugging aerials during a storm
-Opening 2 windows during a storm, one at front of house and one at rear (to let any errant thunder balls in/out); don’t do this anymore 😂
-Leaving meat to defrost on top of job
-Ketchup in the cupboard (not fridge)
-Potato peelings on the embers of the open fire at night (dampens it down, but leaves enough heat to restart fire in the morning 😀)
I could go on, but the list is crazy! I am quite an old fashioned fuddy-duddy though and enjoy the nostalgia of it all if I am honest😍

*Meat left to defrost on top of HOB, not job! I might also add, all of the above I picked up when I was a child. Oh, and banging on the bath with a bottle of something to tell my husband the bathroom is now free! 🤩🤣

I didn’t know mushroom could be peeled! I never take the wrapper off the dishwasher tablet. My dishes are always very clean.

I sweep my stairs with a dustpan and brush even thought I have a hoover attachment that could do it in half the time - that’s what my mum used to do

Just thought of another one, laying sheets of newspaper on top of the kitchen wall units to soak up grease and hold the dust!

Ketchup in the cupboard
Never eat the tip of either end of a banana
Wear a dressing gown over clothes when I am cold

Other than that by my mother’s standards I am a complete slattern.

1. In a supermarket I never ever take something from the front. If you take it from the back it will have a better sell by date or less people will have mauled it.
2. Never buy a tin with a dint in it.
3. Always check eggs in egg box to ensure none cracked. (Bring egg box home on car parcel shelf to ensure not broken in transit)
4. Grouping the shopping on the conveyor belt in cupboard/type and pack it this way so it can be put away quickly at the other end.
5. Ginger Ale cures trapped wind.
6. As other have said, flat coke for general illness/stomach ache.

Always run the tap for a bit before using the cold water. My Dad taught me this, and I still do it. Something about lead pipes at the time? Another water one was that you must never drink hot water from the tap as there could be a dead bird in the tank.

Oh and one other. I was taught to make the most brilliant firelighters by my Mum. You roll up one piece of a broadsheet diagonally, very tightly. Then fold in the middle and criss cross either side one over the other, then tuck the ends in. Does anyone have a clue what I'm on about? The children think they are bloody brilliant, and actually they are because the are so compacted, they burn slowly and work really well.

My DF on the other hand used to use a propane cylinder, rubber tubing and a lit flame on the end to get the fire going. Funnily enough I've stuck with my mother's method...

Oooh, here you go:

Ooo Folly, thanks for the excellent firelighter video. Can't wait to try it. Ever so slightly disappointed that he didn't demonstrate by lighting a fire on his kitchen table once he had assembled everything

Bring egg box home on car parcel shelf to ensure not broken in transit)

Could you imagine the mess an emergency stop would create

Eggs go on the floor. Passenger footwell.

Mind blown !
No really !
Whaaaat 😱De-stalking and peeling mushrooms isnt what/how you are meant to prep them ?

Eggs have to be kept in Australia as well. In fact, I’ve been told off by my MIL (Australian) for many a wrong doing in the kitchen whilst I have adapted to Australian life- jars of jam etc have to go in the fridge, all food must be kept sealed e.g cheese in a bag as well as it’s wrapper, eggs in the fridge, biscuits are NOT for dunking in tea, and you can reuse a tea bag three times (because they drink their tea disgustingly weak).

In regards to things my parents did, I tend to avoid at all costs as most things they do make no sense at all. They didn’t (and still don’t) own a microwave, dishwasher, toaster or a shower!

Follyfoot that's how my parents always lit the fire too. I was about 20 years old before I discovered that other people use sticks

Eggs have to be kept in Australia as well

Bit far to go every time you need an egg...

banana

😂😂😂😂

DH keeps putting fruit squash and lemonade in the fridge, I take it out and put it in the cupboard.

On the other hand, he puts opened mayonnaise, salad cream, pickle etc in the cupboard... drives me bonkers!

I honestly never knew people peeled mushrooms! And WTAF is a mushroom brush?!? Just

As far as I know ketchup no longer has the same level of preservatives in it that it used to. So whereas years back it was safe in a cupboard, nowadays it really should be stored in the fridge after opening.

Not sure if that’s right though and could be another urban myth